My cat caught a bird, and it is still alive. What to do?
My cat caught a bird, and it is still alive. This is the kind of statement that people make on internet forums when they are seeking advice. It happens quite a lot. The advice...
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Domestic cats don’t cause bird populations to decline says the RSPB
The RSPB say that domestic cats do not cause bird populations to decline. A bold statement that requires serious consideration. I remember addressing this issue a dozen years ago when the RSPB said the...
Cats in German town under strict lockdown to save crested larks
COMMENT AND NEWS-WALLDORF, SOUTHWESTERN, GERMANY: The environmental officers of this German town have banned domestic cats from roaming free in an effort to stop them preying upon and eating crested larks during their breeding...
Major bird conservation organisation, BirdLife International, puts impact of cats in perspective
BirdLife International report states that threats to birds are of ‘humanity’s making’. BirdLife International is the largest international partnership for nature conservation. They are a go-to organisation to understand the status of birds on...
The inherent bias and unhelpfulness in the book ‘Cat Wars’ by Peter Marra and Chris Santella
You can buy the book Cat Wars by Peter Marra and Chris Santella on Amazon. They describe cats as “environmental contaminants like DDT”. They claim that they spread disease and disrupt the ecological balance...
Hundreds of dead birds picked up in a morning at the base of 1, 3, 4 and 7 World Trade Centers
The World Trade Centers (WTC) are proving fatal to migrating birds. The topic is of interest to cat advocates due to cat predation on birds. But what if cats are eating the birds killed...
POLL: how many birds does your cat kill per year? Please complete it to scotch ‘rumours’ of cats killing billions of birds.
Please complete this poll. It won’t take you more than five seconds! It is half way down the page. I think it will help because the ornithologists like to promote the idea that domestic...
Do this to slash bird deaths at a stroke (no cats involved)
If you want to slash bird deaths at a stroke then turn the lights off at night in city buildings. Ornithologists and bird lovers have long criticised the domestic, stray and feral cat for...
Birdfeeder placement to help avoid attack by cats
I can think of two instances (but there are many more) of exposing, through good intentions, birds to predation by cats which, to me, highlights the need to be at least aware of the...
Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic
Are cats really to blame for the worldwide loss of biodiversity? Dzurag/iStock via Getty Images Plus William S. Lynn, Clark University; Arian Wallach, University of Technology Sydney, and Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, University of Wisconsin-Madison...
Do domestic cats prefer mice or birds?
Domestic cats much prefer mice to birds no matter what source of information you refer to (including personal obesrvations by the cat owning public). In order to assess what, at a fundamental level, domestic...
Do feral cats eat snakes?
Yes, feral cats do eat snakes, even venomous species, but it depends where the feral cat lives as this determines whether there are snakes to be eaten. Certainly in Australia there are plenty of...
Museum display of stuffed tabby cat next to line of 34 stuffed birds is objectionable
I believe that this display is in a Dutch museum: the Natural History Museum Rotterdam. It is unpleasant. It also over-simplifies the issues of domestic cat predation and as a result misleads. All-in-all not...
Video of feral cat eating albatross
Right away we have to say that there is no evidence that this black feral cat killed the Shy Albatross chick. What annoys me slightly is that the video has been published on a...
Bird loss USA: criticise humans not cats. It is time for a reality check.
I for one have been fighting this battle for more than a decade. The sharp decline in bird species populations is mainly due to human behaviour. Yes, there are other factors, one of which...
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